The Laws of Human Nature

Or perhaps we fall in love with a person who is precisely the wrong type for us and we know it, but we cannot help ourselves.

You must learn how to exploit this. If you can somehow create the impression that others desire you or your work, you will pull people into your current without having to say a word or impose yourself. They will come to you. You must strive to surround yourself with this social aura, or at least create the illusion.

In general, people will want to see more of you, want to see less of you, or be rather indifferent. They may fluctuate among the three states, but they will tend to veer toward one. They will reveal this in how quickly they respond to your emails or texts, their body language on first seeing you, and the overall tone they take in your presence.

focusing on their deeds and the details of their life

This saintly exterior developed early on as a way to disguise their strong hunger for power and attention or their strong sensual appetites.

changing moods (not very masculine), and emotional outbursts that revealed glaring insecurities

But as the laws of human nature dictate, the deeper the repression, the greater the volatility of the Shadow. As they get older or experience stress, there will be cracks in the façade. They are playing a role to the extreme, and it is tiring.

the deeper the repression, the greater the volatility of the Shadow

the emphatic trait generally rests on top of the opposite trait, distracting and concealing it from public view.

The pitchfork doesn’t work.